Gerhard Pils, the owner of Pulse 600 “FETZ MA”, and his crew Harald Hoelzl joined the 2020 Langkawi Regatta and won the Malaysia Multihull Challenge Cup.
The regatta took place from 6th Jan to 11th Jan 2020 with 29 registered boats. Participants come from 9 countries, inclusing Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Netherlands, Russia, Japan, Austria and China, making this a genuiely international event.
On the first race day, all 29 yachts enjoyed great conditions on beautiful Bass Harbour. Even being the smallest boat in the fleets, Pulse 600 – Fetzma, Gerhard Pils came first in the Mutihull class
Another multihull class racing was organized on the 3rd day and this time, Fetz Ma, again secured its first place over the much bigger catamaran Allegro helmed by Bob McIntyre.
Overall, everyone enjoyed the regatta. The weather was beautiful with nice wind and great results. Especially, former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr. Mahathir bin Mohamad attended the closing ceremony and rewarded all the participants together with Malaysian royal members and high officials from China.
